Anyone tried the Atkins diet?
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Did it for a couple months. Lost about 12-13 lbs but started having probs with low blood sugar so I ended it.
IMO, just eating sensibly and exercising is the only way to lose weight/tone up/get in shape.
IMO, just eating sensibly and exercising is the only way to lose weight/tone up/get in shape.
Well I am only asking because I don't want to cut down on eating completely.
Atkins allows for good food.
Mmmm steak & vegetables <---- I know it's more to it than that.
Atkins allows for good food.
Mmmm steak & vegetables <---- I know it's more to it than that.
This diet is only good if you are severely overweight and weight gain is threatening your life. It isn't all that healthy but it is very effective.
My biology AP teacher did, and it worked wonders. I guess if you do it right then its not so dangerous, and it will work.
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I dunno, that diet bothers me if not that it seems unbalanced a little. I eat low calories and I do cardio, I lose weight, might want to try that more traditional approach. I generally limit myself but I still enjoy my meals, turkey sandwich with cheese is ok, yogurt, fruits, organic frozen pizzas, etc...
Atkins diet works. But you have to read the book. So many people talk about it and don't know wtf they're talkinga bout. Atkins diet isn't about no carbs---it's about zero to 20 carbs on the induction (14 days when you start) and then up to 40, and eventually a maintenance where you figure out how many carbs you can eat w/o gaining weight.
I'm a lard ass, but it's because I don't exercise enough. I've sucessfully used the Atkins diet to lose 50 lbs, but I put it back on when I went off of it b/c I wasn't exercising. The biggest benefit of mine on the Atkins was I didn't realize how much sugare was in my diet.
But all in all-----if you're willing to read the book, and willing to follow the directions with discipline, it's a good way to jumpt start weight loss. If you follow the atkins diet with no exercise, and then just quit it and go back to eating like you were pre-atkins. You'll put the weight right back on.
I think Atkins is good for jump starting weight loss, and for aid in getting your diet under control, but I struggle with the notion of it being a way of life. As for people saying it's unhealthy----you have to quantify that. Atkins and high protein diets promote a state of keytosis in your system, which is hard on the kidneys----ppl with diabetes can sometimes struggle with elevated keytones b/c their kidneys' don't function right. The keytosis is triggered b/c you're body is burning fat for energy instead of converting your carb/sugar intake. Also---if you do a calorie anaylsis of a FDA recommended meal vs the atkins diet, you'll notice that you're also taking in less total calories a day.
That being said---there's been more then one study, that while it doesn't offer a legitmate reason----it has acknowledged that people on the atkins diet (especially those that are obese) experience not only a reduction in choloesterol (the bad cholesterol) but also a reduction in blood pressure, despite the fact that they are on a high-fat diet.
So---in closing---yes--it works. No, I can't do it long term---i get sick of meats----but when combined with exercise, and discipline, it's an excellent way to lose weight.
I'm a lard ass, but it's because I don't exercise enough. I've sucessfully used the Atkins diet to lose 50 lbs, but I put it back on when I went off of it b/c I wasn't exercising. The biggest benefit of mine on the Atkins was I didn't realize how much sugare was in my diet.
But all in all-----if you're willing to read the book, and willing to follow the directions with discipline, it's a good way to jumpt start weight loss. If you follow the atkins diet with no exercise, and then just quit it and go back to eating like you were pre-atkins. You'll put the weight right back on.
I think Atkins is good for jump starting weight loss, and for aid in getting your diet under control, but I struggle with the notion of it being a way of life. As for people saying it's unhealthy----you have to quantify that. Atkins and high protein diets promote a state of keytosis in your system, which is hard on the kidneys----ppl with diabetes can sometimes struggle with elevated keytones b/c their kidneys' don't function right. The keytosis is triggered b/c you're body is burning fat for energy instead of converting your carb/sugar intake. Also---if you do a calorie anaylsis of a FDA recommended meal vs the atkins diet, you'll notice that you're also taking in less total calories a day.
That being said---there's been more then one study, that while it doesn't offer a legitmate reason----it has acknowledged that people on the atkins diet (especially those that are obese) experience not only a reduction in choloesterol (the bad cholesterol) but also a reduction in blood pressure, despite the fact that they are on a high-fat diet.
So---in closing---yes--it works. No, I can't do it long term---i get sick of meats----but when combined with exercise, and discipline, it's an excellent way to lose weight.
Ah, if only you guys caught the Penn and Teller: BS! episode where they went and "debunked" all these "diets".
Come on folks- there are reasonably smart people here, I know that. If you want to lose weight you need to be burning more calories than you take in- That means, eating properly and excercise.
There you have it- I just saved you hundreds and thousands of dollars on diet groups, books, foods, etc.
Come on folks- there are reasonably smart people here, I know that. If you want to lose weight you need to be burning more calories than you take in- That means, eating properly and excercise.
There you have it- I just saved you hundreds and thousands of dollars on diet groups, books, foods, etc.
If proper diet and exercise isn't working for you, you need to see a physician, because there is probably something else going on.
Oh man, you're so far off it isn't funny.
Do us all a favor and read the book.
Just a fact for you- Fat contains more calories than simple sugars. While I was on it, I increased my fat intake and decreased my carb intake. My caloric intake INCREASED, yet I lost 50-60 lbs.
I'll let you figure out the reason why.
PS- I was working out even before the diet, so my routine didn't change.
A warning for you:
You are going to have a lot of people on here who either have no first hand experience with it, have not at all read the Atkins book or are going by secondhand information or simply "what they heard", yet they will still strongly voice their opinion on the diet.
I have read the book, I have gone on the diet myself, and I lost 50-60 lbs and kept it off. Only trust people with first hand experience.
Lol. Yeah, I'll read that quack's book. Sorry, I never had a serious weight problem so I'm not that desperate. I was 20lbs overweight when I was younger, and when I discovered excercise my problem "magically" went away.
I just came up with a new diet- it's an all "dairy" diet. You eat mostly dairy products and drink lots of water, and you lose weight fast. Unfortunately you become malnourished too (which probably accounts for the quick weight loss) and then you balloon up again when you can't stand starving yourself anymore. Sound familiar?
I just came up with a new diet- it's an all "dairy" diet. You eat mostly dairy products and drink lots of water, and you lose weight fast. Unfortunately you become malnourished too (which probably accounts for the quick weight loss) and then you balloon up again when you can't stand starving yourself anymore. Sound familiar?
No it doesn't sound familiar.
I had been working out the entire time even before the diet, when I was on the diet I ate balanced balanced meals like the book (which you have obviously not read- you are lying) states, and I have kept the weight off.
I fail to see how I could be lying if I never claimed to have read the book.
If the Atkins diet or any of those other diet plans worked, why is there such a huge market for them? They would be one-shot deals, wouldn't they?
Once again, I say if you were eating properly and excercising regulaly you'ld be better off. If you do this and you're not, you have other problems and need to see a Doctor. I have yet to come across any MD who would say these kinds of diets are beneficial.
If the Atkins diet or any of those other diet plans worked, why is there such a huge market for them? They would be one-shot deals, wouldn't they?
Once again, I say if you were eating properly and excercising regulaly you'ld be better off. If you do this and you're not, you have other problems and need to see a Doctor. I have yet to come across any MD who would say these kinds of diets are beneficial.
My problem is that I'm very sensitive to carbs. When I eat pasta or potatoes I'll be asleep in an hour. For me, it puts me right to sleep. My body just doesn't handle carbs very well, it makes me tired and converts them to fat.
Cutting my carb intake did wonders for me.
And as a side point, I was reading an article from a men's health magazine, and they said for people who are insulin insensitive like me, they recommend a diet where a larger percentage of my caloric intake comes from fats and not carbs. For people who are insulin sensitive, they recommend mostly carbs instead of fats. It's all about the way YOUR body processes the foods you eat.
Cutting my carb intake did wonders for me.
And as a side point, I was reading an article from a men's health magazine, and they said for people who are insulin insensitive like me, they recommend a diet where a larger percentage of my caloric intake comes from fats and not carbs. For people who are insulin sensitive, they recommend mostly carbs instead of fats. It's all about the way YOUR body processes the foods you eat.
Please read the book, and give the diet a try before you post stupid comments about it. You're comments only show you're familiar with the LORE of high protein diets, and not the true atkins diet. Atkins himself acknowledges that there are certain nutrients his diet depletes your system of and highly recommends taking a multi-vitamin, vitamin b6 amongst others for people on long term high protein diet.
As far as starving yourself----you don't. It may seem like you are at first----but in removing your carb intake---and eventually managing it, you learn that your hunger is porportional to the amount of carbs you eat----the more you eat, the quicker you get hungry again b/c the body burns the carbs faster then meat and protein. Caloric intake is determined on a weight basis. There's no doubt the caloric intake will be lower on Atkins---but by no means do you starve your body. Plus----like the ignorant [edit]post above [/edit]----you discount all of the free vegetables you can eat too. There's no starving----it's regulation.
But, like my first response. Atkins w/o a exercise program is an exercise in futility IMO----I did that exactly, and when I went off Atkins, I gained all my 50lbs right back.
Oh, so you are saying that he's a quack, yet you have NOT read his book? That's some great research there. You are a prime example of the person that I warned him about- a person who has NO first hand experience on the diet, has NOT even read the book but yet you're very vocal about your views on the diet.
It's kind of like me giving a movie review, then in the last sentence in the review saying "By the way, I have not yet seen the film"
No, it is not a one-shot deal. A diet is not a vaccine against getting fat. If you lose fat while on a diet, you'll stay at that weight as long as you're on the diet. When you go off the diet, you'll gain your weight back.
Thinking like that is why so many people gain weight back after diets- they view a diet as a quick weight loss fad and not as a lifestyle change.
I read the Atkins book and one of the first things he says is that his diet is a permanent lifestyle change. You're going to have to say bye to a high carb intake forever. You will have to permanently avoid the high carb intake that made you fat in the first place. I no longer drink soda or eat ice cream, candy, or junk food containing high carbs and sugars. I have kept the weight off.
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